use of "plug and play" solar for temporary use

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Russ
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Re: use of "plug and play" solar for temporary use

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That's an interesting boat. Is the green hull faster? :D

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Re: use of "plug and play" solar for temporary use

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Thanks Russ, guess I should have figured you might be hosting images now with as much trouble as its been in the past. Perhaps you scale them down so they dont use as much space.

Well, we all know good and well that the Blue hull is always the fastest :wink: but since green is actually half blue, it is halfway faster than a blue hull is over white! And this was proven when I raced a white 26x once in Indian Key pass and won..lol

Its hard to find pics of my mac with the solar panel, just to finish out this post (just not something I typically take pics of) but here are a couple docked at PYC in late 2021. If you zoom in on the one from above, you can see the panel on top of the blue bimini. Might look a bit ghetto to some...lol Of course, not like I needed it plugged into shore power here but on other days when I'm doing a lot of sailing, it does provide a good boost, and I did convert from ice to electric fridge several years ago so I do get a bit power hungry at times...and on the green boat, this bi-purpose solar is the only option to charge the battery.

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Re: use of "plug and play" solar for temporary use

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Dimitri-2000X-Tampa wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:30 am I should have figured you might be hosting images now with as much trouble as its been in the past. Perhaps you scale them down so they dont use as much space
They are not scaled for space. The full image is available if you click on the "smaller" image. They are only scaled for displaying in the forum boxes.

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